When I was a teenager, people told me, “Stop being so critical!” Have you ever been told that? “Stop being so picky!” is another version. Yet another exhortation, “Listen to that he means, not what …
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Fighting Doubts about God’s Calling in Our Lives
“It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude …
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Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness
Childhood was a marathon of domestic issues: substance abuse, custody wars, and cancer battles followed by deaths in my family. In the midst of dealing with illnesses and deaths, I had to tolerate my mother’s …
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“You Are Wrong!”
That took me by surprise. John and I were having an interesting discussion; but when we touched on an idea about which he was unsure, he spat out, “You are wrong!” We were discussing concepts …
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500th Anniversary of the Christian Reformation
Tuesday is October 31st. Every year about this time most of America thinks about costumes, candy, goblins, graveyards, and a host of other weird things. Although the idea of ghosts or dead people haunting the …
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Seven Helpful Habits
From 1994 to 2005 I was an operations officer in one of the divisions of a Scientific Laboratory. One of my responsibilities was to assure that our staff’s training was up-to-date. One day I read …
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Cohabitation Prior to Marriage
A man asked me this question: Other than the church condemning me for living with my girlfriend, is there a real Bible prohibition against it? We are going to be married anyway, so what’s the …
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A Life Full of Pain and a Life Full of Joy
I thought I had prepared myself for losing at least one of my parents at college. Much of my faith was born out of depression from fear of losing my parents at a young age. …
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God Delivers in His Own Unique Way
The book title intrigued me. “The Red Sea Rules” by Robert Morgan. Hold on. Not always. Didn’t God rule over the Red Sea when He parted the waters and made a way of escape for …
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Humility Part 1: How Jesus Loved
Humility. I didn’t pick this subject. It kind of snuck up on me. I was looking for something else. Wisdom? Yes. Definitely. Godliness? Absolutely. I’ve been looking for that most of my life. Peace in …
Walking Together 